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Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)

NASA · Launched

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Completed · Success

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. On Sept. 26, 2022, it impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, which orbits the larger asteroid Didymos.

Destinations
Launch vehicle
SpaceX Falcon 9
Launch site
Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Countries
United States
Mission types
Impactor

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg

    Earth
  2. Impact

    Impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos

    Dimorphos

Mission architecture

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Trajectory record

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Provenance

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Data verified through September 4, 2026